Bill Text: IL SB1993 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that prior to approving a new contract for any district-administered assessment, the school board must hold a public vote at a regular meeting of the school board, at which the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided, subject to applicable notice requirements. Provides that if the assessment being made available to review is subject to copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property protection, the review process shall include technical and procedural safeguards to ensure that the materials are not able to be widely disseminated to the general public in violation of the intellectual property rights of the publisher and to ensure content validity is not undermined. Effective July 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0393 [SB1993 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1993-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1993 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that prior to approving a contract for any district-administered assessment, except those assessments developed by district teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure student progress at an attendance center within the school district, a school board must hold a public hearing at a regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. Provides that notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by specified methods. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Community input on local assessments. Prior
to approving a contract for any district-administered
assessment, except those assessments developed by district
teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure
student progress at an attendance center within the school
district, a school board must hold a public hearing at a
regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the
terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an
opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided.
Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days
prior to the hearing by:
(1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation
in the school district;
(2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the
parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the
school district; and
(3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any

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exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school
district employees and all those employees not in a
collective bargaining unit.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Community input on local assessments. Prior
to approving a contract for any district-administered
assessment, except those assessments developed by district
teachers or administrators, that will be used to measure
student progress at an attendance center within the school
district, the school board must hold a public hearing at a
regular or special meeting of the school board, in which the
terms of the proposal must be substantially presented and an
opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided.
Notice of such public hearing must be provided at least 10 days
prior to the hearing by:
(1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation
in the school district;
(2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the
parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the
school district; and
(3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any
exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school
district employees and all those employees not in a
collective bargaining unit.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.